Color Works, Solids And Models - Michiel Van Der Zanden

In the years after his graduation Michiel van der Zanden (1979) has developed himself in a unique and consistent way into the artist he is today. His visual constructions contain both ironic lightness, as sincere wonderment and are rooted in pop culture, virtual games and the images from his childhood. Small oddities and props in his environment and the scenic decor in the border region with Belgium, trigger him. Ideas arise here. Van der Zanden takes his conscious observations, but also his personal memories and the collective past, into the digital world. Here he can examine his observations, magnify and manipulate them. Using 3D software he recreates these observations and puts them to his will.